Mel Brooks – 11 Quotes

11 Quotes by Mel Brooks

I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

– Mel Brooks

If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.

– Mel Brooks

Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.

– Mel Brooks

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

– Mel Brooks

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

– Mel Brooks

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

– Mel Brooks

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

– Mel Brooks

A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.

– Mel Brooks

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

– Mel Brooks

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

– Mel Brooks

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.

– Mel Brooks